This code states that elevators, escalators, and moving walks shall not be used as a component of a required means of egress from any other part of a building.
Means of egress is where you would go in order to get out of a building in case of a fire. So my drawn code shows two different scenarios. On the top is a space that only has an escalator in order to get down from the second floor to the exit. The bottom on has an escalator and steps making the steps another way to get down to the exit.
I was not sure what escalators or elevators looked like, when I looked it up they looked like what I drew. I think that I could come up with something better to represent this but may need some help. Anything that you think would make this better would be awesome because I know now that it is hard to read what the code even means.
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| 1003.7 Elevators, Escalators, and Moving Walks |
Door handles, pulls, locks, and other operating devices shall be installed 34 inches minimum and 48 inches maximum above the finished floor. Locks used only for security purposes and not used for normal operation are permitted at any height.
This is talking about door handles on doors that go into rooms or out of a building. The locks that are used for security purposes only are like ones that you see in motels that are up above the regular locks. The door on the left shows a door knob at the minimum and the door on the right shows the maximum and the security lock.
I chose to draw a section for this one because you can show multiple doors at once. I think that this one is actually pretty good besides some obvious drawing details. I do not think that the final one will need to include the two doors there could be a range.
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| 1008.1.9.2 Hardware Height |
Greetings Emily,
ReplyDeleteFor code 1003.7, the idea for comparing two different plans is great. The difference between stairs and an escalator in plan view will be minimal (maybe larger handrails on the escalator). You could label them for clarity. You may also consider using a perspective view for clarity. The style of the image in this link is interesting http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23444086. As for how you are representing the stairs, you could review to this image http://grevity.blogspot.com/2012/04/playing-with-my-new-toys.html for a very basic image. No need to count the number of stairs but you may include the break line and show the down or up direction arrow. With this being a exit plan, you would probably want to show the direction going down to the ground floor for existing.
For the second code, consider using dimension lines rather than just leaders with annotations as it can help with identifying relationships such as AFF (Above finish floor). When you use break lines, do not continue the drawing past those line. They are intended to represent that the drawing/space continues but you draw those break lines so you don't have to keep drawing.